How is it today the #1 economy, is arguably the poorest nation on earth?

I am not sure SBA allows recipients to use its funds for real estate investments (which it would arguably be, even though you say you will use part of the building for your own office). 

One exception is arguable but that would be if you were using the CF as retirement income.

Make sure you criteria is set for acceptance (2.5x income, 650+ credit, etc)FOLLOW-UP: Arguably the most important.

I think risk management is arguably even more important for you at this stage.

These are equally unrelated to real estate, yet arguably as deeply related to personal finance as cars are, but I don't see those threads here.

Tobyhanna's rules are arguably the most strict, and their occupancy rules are the key factor here. 

But I assure you this, Bells and Founders are arguably the 2 best breweries in the United States.

Arguably, more properties well chosen and cash flowing are safer than having one cash flowing property.

Not sure if you're looking only at real estate, but there's also a wider ecosystem of crowdfunding choices, including P2P loans (which arguably isn't crowdfunding per se, but certainly gets lumped in with other online alternative investing), equity crowdfunding (higher risk and much lower liquidity, but potentially greater returns if you're sufficiently diversified over time).